Nuclear

Nuclear may refer to:

  • Nuclear DNA

In physics:

  • Nuclear engineering
  • Nuclear physics
  • Nuclear power
  • Nuclear reactor technology
  • Nuclear weapon

In mathematics:

  • Nuclear space
  • Nuclear operator
  • Nuclear congruence
  • Nuclear C*-algebra

Famous quotes containing the word nuclear:

    “Language is as real, as tangible, in our lives as streets, pipelines, telephone switchboards, microwaves, radioactivity, cloning laboratories, nuclear power stations.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    “We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.”
    —David Elkind (20th century)

    “You can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.”
    —Frank Zappa (1940–1993)